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Defection attempts
junshan02 发表于 2012/7/18 11:40:00 |
During the years of the Wall, around 5,000 people successfully defected to West Berlin. The number of people who died trying to cross the wall, or as a result of the wall's existence, has been disputed. The most vocal claims by , Director of the and widow of the Museum's founder, estimated the death toll to be well above 200. A historic research group at the () in has confirmed 136 deaths. Prior official figures listed 98 as being killed.
The East German government issued shooting orders Moncler Jackets to border guards dealing with defectors, though such orders are not the same as "shoot to kill" orders. GDR officials denied issuing the latter. In an October 1973 order later discovered by researchers, guards were instructed that people attempting to cross the wall were criminals and needed to be shot: "Do not hesitate to use your firearm, not even when the border is breached in the company of women and children, which is a tactic the traitors have often used".
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